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There could be multiple top goal scorers, but there can only be one Golden Boot winner. Multiple players could score the most amount of goals, but only one will be awarded the Golden Boot. If there is a tie, the player who has the most number of assists will be awarded the Golden Boot. If there is still a tie, then the player who has played the least amount of time will be awarded the trophy.

Seems like FIFA didn't have tie breaker rule before then, and awarded the trophy to multiple players. 1994 was the first multiple players score the most goals. In 2010 4 players tied for the most goals (each scoring 5 each), the trophy went to Thomas Muller of Germany since he has 3 assists, while the remaining three has one assist each.
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alamootJul 7 '14 at 15:48

As far as I know, the tie breaker rule was introduced for the 2010 World Cup.
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Roberto BonvalletJul 15 '14 at 19:25